[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 49 (Monday, March 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13306-13307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6038]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Reclamation


Bay-Delta Advisory Council's Ecosystem Roundtable Issues 
Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Bay-Delta Advisory Council's (BDAC) Ecosystem Roundtable 
will meet to discuss the 2001 proposal solicitation package, water 
acquisition, and other topics. This meeting is open to the public. 
Interested persons may make oral statements to the Ecosystem Roundtable 
or may file written statements for consideration.

DATES: The BDAC's Ecosystem Roundtable meeting will be held from 9:30 
am to 12:00 pm on Thursday, March 30, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Ecosystem Roundtable will meet at the Resources 
Building, Room 1131, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy Halverson Martin, CALFED Bay-
Delta Program at (916) 657-2666. If reasonable accommodation is needed 
due to a disability, please contact the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Office at (916) 653-6952 or TDD (916) 653-6934 at least one week prior 
to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin 
Delta Estuary (Bay-Delta system) is a critically important part of 
California's natural environment and economy. In recognition of the 
serious problems facing the region and the complex resource management 
decisions that must be made, the state of California and the Federal 
government are working together to stabilize, protect, restore, and 
enhance the Bay-Delta system. The State and Federal agencies with 
management and regulatory responsibilities in the Bay-Delta system are 
working together as CALFED to provide policy direction and oversight 
for the process.
    One area of Bay-Delta management includes the establishment of a 
joint State-Federal process to develop long-term solutions to problems 
in the Bay-Delta system related to fish and wildlife, water supply 
reliability, natural disasters, and water quality. The intent is to 
develop a comprehensive and balanced plan which addresses all of the 
resource problems. This effort, the CALFED Bay-Delta Program (Program), 
is being carried out under the policy

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direction of CALFED. The Program is exploring and developing a long-
term solution for a cooperative planning process that will determine 
the most appropriate strategy and actions necessary to improve water 
quality, restore health to the Bay-Delta ecosystem, provide for a 
variety of beneficial uses, and minimize Bay-Delta system 
vulnerability. A group of citizen advisors representing California's 
agricultural, environmental, urban, business, fishing, and other 
interests who have a stake in finding long-term solutions for the 
problems affecting the Bay-Delta system has been chartered under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The BDAC provides advice to 
CALFED on the program mission, problems to be addressed, and objectives 
for the Program. BDAC provides a forum to help ensure public 
participation, and will review reports and other materials prepared by 
CALFED staff. BDAC has established a subcommittee called the Ecosystem 
Roundtable to provide input on annual workplans to implement ecosystem 
restoration projects and programs.
    Minutes of the meeting will be maintained by the Program, Suite 
1155, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, and will be available 
for public inspection during regular business hours, Monday through 
Friday within 30 days following the meeting.

    Dated: March 7, 2000.
Kirk Rodgers,
Acting Regional Director, Mid-Pacific Region.
[FR Doc. 00-6038 Filed 3-10-00; 8:45 am]
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